Lindsey Scott, a prosecutor in the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office for the last seven-and-a-half years, made history today as she took the oath of office as the new judge of the 252nd Criminal District Court.

Scott, 34, becomes the first woman to become a state district judge in Jefferson County. Also, the county never has had a woman as a court at-law judge, the county's misdemeanor court level.

Several women have served as justices of the peace.

Judge Gary Sanderson, the dean of the county's judges, administered the oath to Scott in the 60th District Court before family and friends and a few other judges.

Scott's husband, Will, helped her on with her judicial robe.

Scott said she will start hearing dockets next Monday. In the meantime, Judge Bob Wortham of the 58th District Court, will handle the 252nd's dockets. The former judge, Layne Walker, resigned in January before his term ended.

Scott will serve throughout the rest of the year. A new judge will be elected in November.